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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:03 AM Original message |
Navy gets OK to sink ships for targets in Gulf of Alaska |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's crazy. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. LOL |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Good one |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. The US is war-crazy. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Navy could float PAPER TARGETS scaled to size, and drop TRAINING weapons on them. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Back in the day we had, "the killer tomato". |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. You have to use real weapons routinely |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. This Naval Air veteran understands the use of real weapons. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. We have been sinking real ships at the rate of 2 or 3 a year |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The aircraft carrier I sailed with twice, USS America CV-66, sleeps with the fishes too. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There is a huge joint exercise conducted in Alaska every year |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That's hard for me to understand seeing as how there aren't many "shooters" based in Alaska. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The Air Force plus the Navy |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. Incomprehensible. Very expensive training plan, in so many ways. n/t |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Train as you fight, fight as you train |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. "FIVE YEARS: Hazardous materials will remain on vessels, critics say." |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. What gives them the right |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Several reasons to use real ships |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
13. On the next episode of Deadliest Catch! |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Isn't there some scrap value in old ships? $$$? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. This really blows. |
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